Car-replacer



(No Model.)

D. A. WEST. OAR REPLAOER.

No. 807,886. Patented Nov. 11, 1884.

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UNITED STATES ATENT OFFICE.

DAVID A. VEST, OF BOONE, IO\VA.

CAR-REPLACER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 307,886, dated November 11, 1884.

Applicaiinn tiled June ll, 1883. lNomodel.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, DAVID A. vVEsr, a citizen of the United States, residing at Boone, in the county of Boone and State of Iowa, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Car-Replacers, of which the following is a specification, to wit:

This invention relates to car-replacers and it consists in a pair of blocks carrying pivoted rail-sections adapted to guide a car upon the main track, substantially as will be herein after more fully set forth.

In order to enable others skilled in the art to which my invention appertains to make and use the same, I will now proceed to describe its construction and operation, referring to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a plan view of my invention in practical application, and Figs. 2 and 3 are side views of the two blocks.-

A A represent two blocks having their rear ends beveled or inclined, as shown, and each provided with a bar or rail, B, of somewhat the shape of the head of a railroad-rail. These rails B are hinged to the block near their rear ends, which project beyond the block, and are turned down to form a sharp point, I), as shown in Figs. 2 and 3.

At the forward ends of the blocks A A they are provided with crossplates a a, upon which the rails rest and move, and each block is formed on its upper face with asmall groove, Z), concentric with the pivot of the rail-sections, and having their bottoms provided with a series of perforations, 1)", into which enters a pin, a, upon the under sides of the rails B. The block A is of greater height than the one A, and its rail projects some distance beyond its forward end, as shown in Figs. 1 and 3, for a purpose which will be presently seen. The blocks are also provided with small pins or points (4 upon their under sides, for engagement with the cross-ties.

In operation I place the smaller block, A, between the rails of the main track, with its pivoted rail B resting against the track-rail, and the block A upon the outside of the track with its rail resting upon the top of the trackrail, it being higher than the other block, in order that it may lift its rail to the proper height. The rear ends of the blocks and their pivoted rails being adjusted in front of the engine or car wheels, the latter is started, and is guided and lifted directly to its proper place upon the main track, as will be readily understood by referenceto Fig. 1. The weight of the car sinks the point 11 upon the rails and the points a upon the blocks into the ties, and thus holds them in proper position. The angle of the pivoted rail with the block may be readily changed by simply lifting its outer end until its pin a is free of the depressions in the bottom of the curved groove.

To secure the inner rail to the main tracks, I provide a box, H, straight on its outer side and flared outward on the inner side from the center toward each, as shown in the drawings. This box incloses the end of the short rail, and is held to the main rail by a set-screw.

It is evident that if so desired the blocks may each be provided with a series of holes for pivoting the short rails.

Having thus fully described myinvention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

A car-replacer composed of the blocks A A, one of which is higher than the other, and each provided with a point, a ,-a plate, a, and a groove, 72, having depressions in its bottom, in combination with the rails B B, pivoted to the blocks, and formed or provided with the sharp points I) and pins a, substantially as described and shown, and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

DAVID ALEN WVEST.

Vitnesses: R. F. JORDAN, A. N. MANN. 

